Keijō
Keijō (京城), or Gyeongseong (Korean: 경성), was an administrative district of Korea under Japanese rule that corresponds to the present Seoul, the capital of South Korea.
| Keijō-fu 京城府 | |
|---|---|
| Former administrative district of Korea, Empire of Japan | |
Emblem of Keijo
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English map of Keijō made by Imperial Japanese Government Railways in 1913 | |
| Population | |
• 1940 | 1,142,000 |
| Today part of | South Korea |
| Keijō | |
|---|---|
| Japanese name | |
| Kanji | 京城府 |
| Hiragana | けいじょうふ |
| Romanization | Keijō-fu |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 경성부, 게이조부 |
| Hanja | 京城府 |
| Revised Romanization | Gyeongseong-bu, Geijo-bu |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kyŏngsŏng-bu, Keijo-pu |
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